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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
432 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2014

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...MODERATE TO FRESH RETURN FLOW WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS
MORNING...STALLING FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NE MEXICO
TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NW AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH SUN
AFTERNOON THEN WILL QUICKLY MOVE E ACROSS THE GULF AS A STRONG
COLD FRONT SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE. A REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR
WILL USHER IN FRESH TO STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT TUE.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN E TO SE SWELL...
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1022 MB HIGH NEAR 28N70W WILL SHIFT E REACHING 65W BY
SAT MORNING IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF
NE FLORIDA SAT NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM NEAR 31N79W TO
29N81W SUN MORNING LIFTING BACK NW AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH SUN
NIGHT AS ATLC RIDGING REBUILDS. THE FRONT WILL PUSH BACK SE AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON TUE. N TO NE SWELLS
OVER THE EASTERN PORTION WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY SAT.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN
NE SWELL.
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.